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j_b_burrell Cairo, Egypt Jul 07, 2008

Can anyone ID this fearsome looking wasp which I think might belong to the Sphecidae family of thread-waisted wasps.

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j_b_burrell Cairo, Egypt Jul 07, 2008

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LEO88 Big Rapids, MI(Zone 4b) Jul 07, 2008

yup... looks like a "Mud dauber" Sceliphron spirifex
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sceliphron_spirifex.jpg.JPG

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j_b_burrell Cairo, Egypt Jul 07, 2008

Thanks Leo, its a Sceliphron spirifex and I've confirmed that we do get them in Egypt. They must only live in cities for with a maximum of three short rain showers a year, there's not a lot of mud except where people water their gardens as I do twice a day in the present temperature.

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